Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Marquis of Bath, Preserved at Longleat, Wiltshire: The Harley papersH.M. Stationery Office, 1904 - Great Britain |
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... ( for the most part already in print ) . Miscellaneous Correspondence , 1712-84 . Letters of Edward Young , author of Night Thoughts , to the second Duchess of Portland , 1740-65 . Vol . xvi . Letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu to.
... ( for the most part already in print ) . Miscellaneous Correspondence , 1712-84 . Letters of Edward Young , author of Night Thoughts , to the second Duchess of Portland , 1740-65 . Vol . xvi . Letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu to.
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... Young's letters begin at a critical epoch in his life . He had married in 1731 Lady Elizabeth Lee , daughter of Sir Edward Henry Lee , created in 1674 Earl of Lichfield . In 1731 Lady Elizabeth was a widow , having been married to a ...
... Young's letters begin at a critical epoch in his life . He had married in 1731 Lady Elizabeth Lee , daughter of Sir Edward Henry Lee , created in 1674 Earl of Lichfield . In 1731 Lady Elizabeth was a widow , having been married to a ...
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... Young . In the Preface to the Night Thoughts Young tells us that " the occasion of this poem was real , not fictitious , " and three bereave- ments occurring in swift succession are plainly indicated as the occasion in the apostrophe to ...
... Young . In the Preface to the Night Thoughts Young tells us that " the occasion of this poem was real , not fictitious , " and three bereave- ments occurring in swift succession are plainly indicated as the occasion in the apostrophe to ...
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... Young and Clarke had been well acquainted , and though , while Young languished in his Hertford- shire living , Clarke got preferment , a prebendal stall at West- minster and the deanery of Exeter , no jealousy had impaired Young's ...
... Young and Clarke had been well acquainted , and though , while Young languished in his Hertford- shire living , Clarke got preferment , a prebendal stall at West- minster and the deanery of Exeter , no jealousy had impaired Young's ...
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... young gentleman of sweet and comely person and admirable parts , suffered . This inhuman and barbarous act , wherein the laws of God , of man , of nature , of nations and of arms are violated , cries to the great Justice of heaven to ...
... young gentleman of sweet and comely person and admirable parts , suffered . This inhuman and barbarous act , wherein the laws of God , of man , of nature , of nations and of arms are violated , cries to the great Justice of heaven to ...
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acquaint affairs answer APPENDIX AND INDEX assure August believe blessing Brampton BRILLIANA Bullstrode castle command Copy Court Delany desire DUCHESS OF PORTLAND DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH DUKE OF SHREWSBURY EARL OF OXFORD EARL RIVERS endeavour enemy England expect favour give glad GODOLPHIN to ROBERT Grace happy hath hear heart honour hope Hopton Castle horse humble instructions King of Portugal King of Spain LADY HARLEY ladyship leave letter Lisbon London Lord Duke Lord Galway LORD GODOLPHIN Lord Treasurer Lordship Madam Majesty Majesty's MARLBOROUGH to ROBERT morning never night obliged occasion opinion Parliament person pleased pleasure present promised QUEEN ANNE reason received ROBERT HARLEY Secretary sent September servant shots SIR JOHN SCUDAMORE soon sorry tell thanks things thought to-morrow told town troops trouble uneasy Valentia wait Wellwyn Windsor.-I wish writ write yesterday YOUNG
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Page xiii - Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice my peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn.
Page 191 - I have received your letter, and am very sorry for what has happened, to lose the good opinion I had so much inclination to have of you. But I cannot help seeing, nor believing my senses. I am very far from having deserved it of you. God forgive you...
Page 271 - Divinely beam on his exalted soul ; Destruction gild; and crown him for the skies, With incommunicable lustre, bright.
Page 271 - Christians adore ! and infidels believe ! As some tall tower, or lofty mountain's brow, Detains the sun, illustrious from its height ; While rising vapours, and descending shades, With damps, and darkness, drown the spacious vale ; Undamp'd by doubt, undarken'd by despair, PHILANDER, thus, augustly rears his head...
Page 192 - There is no hope, I am fully convinced, but in the Church of England party, nor in that neither on the foot it now stands, and without more confidence than is yet re-established between them and us.
Page 364 - The oaks, the beeches, the chestnuts, seem to contend which best shall please the lord of the manor. They cannot deceive, they will not lie. I in sincerity admire them, and have as many beauties about me as fill up all my hours of dangling, and no disgrace attends me from sixty-seven years of age.
Page 195 - Harley that the ministers' plan to raise yet more regiments 'is to my apprehension downright infatuation, and what I am glad of. They hasten things to a decision, and our slavery and their empire are put upon that issue. For God's sake let us be once out of Spain...
Page 193 - You broke the party, unite it again; their sufferings have made them wise, and whatever piques or jealousies they may entertain at present, as they feel the success of better conduct these will wear off, and you will have it in your power by reasonable measures to lead them to reasonable ends.